Every morning I find myself having a media breakfast way before I have an actual breakfast. This is what keeps me growing, learning and evolving as a designer. Here you'll find the components of that meal... and some random stuff on the side

Monday, November 10, 2008

Yo hablo espanol!

I love love love when hispanic people don't realize that I'm hispanic and that I fully understand spanish!! This morning on my way to work I stopped by the pratt car service place to find out how much it would be for a mini van to take me to the B&B that the national officers are staying at, pick them up and come back to Pratt. After explaining to the guy (let's call him Bob) how it needed to be and that it would be a total of 6 times from thursday to sunday, Bob took forever to find the place on the map. He then proceeded to ask his buddies in the back how much I should be charged. His buddies said $50 but Bob decided to tell me $60. Bob didn't realize that I fully understood their spanish conversation and even heard the jokes that referred to me as a rich girl (hello, I was in sweat pants and hoody, def didn't come off as rich). Anyhow I proceeded to respond to him in spanish " I will pay you $45, not $50 like your buddies in the back suggested and most certainly not. $60 like you personally want me to. I understood what you said, you either take my $45 or I just simply go down the street to myrtle car service who is cheaper to begin with". Bob look stupified and stumble every word from that point on. He agreed to $45 but I'm still going to myrtle car service to get a quote. Lesson of the day, spanish is a good thing to know, it saves you money!